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Vietnam
Vietnam ranks between 8th and 40th across the 45 technologies, by share of the 10% most cited papers, 2021–2025.
TechnologyRankIts neighbours in the rankingShare of the top 10%, from 2021 to 2025Its institution with the most credit
Autonomous underwater vehicles
8–13tied, of 443.0 papers of credit
1stCN71.7%8–13IL0.8%8–13GR0.8%8–13VN0.8%14–20ES0.7%14–20FR0.6%
Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City0.3% of the top 10%
Advanced aircraft engines
13–19tied, of 471.1 papers of credit
1stCN64.6%13–19IE0.4%13–19SA0.4%13–19VN0.3%13–19IT0.3%20–39FI0.3%
Hanoi University of Science and Technology0.2% of the top 10%
Radar
16–32tied, of 411.3 papers of credit
1stCN77.0%16–32TR0.2%16–32JP0.2%16–32VN0.2%16–32SA0.2%16–32FR0.2%
Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City0.2% of the top 10%
Large language models
28–39tied, of 96
1stCN27.4%24–27IL0.4%24–27PK0.4%28–39VN0.3%28–39IR0.3%28–39BR0.3%
VNU University of Engineering and Technology0.1% of the top 10%
Drones and swarming
27–29tied, of 81
1stCN52.2%23–26QA0.6%27–29DZ0.5%27–29VN0.4%27–29NO0.4%30–33SE0.4%
Thai Nguyen University of Technology0.1% of the top 10%
6G and advanced wireless
30–33tied, of 804.8 papers of credit
1stCN39.9%26–29IL0.4%26–29IR0.4%30–33VN0.3%30–33IE0.3%30–33BR0.3%
Ton Duc Thang University0.0% of the top 10%
Critical minerals processing
23–33tied, of 581.7 papers of credit
1stCN43.0%23–33RU0.4%23–33MX0.4%23–33VN0.4%34–40IE0.4%34–40AE0.3%
Outside the top 30
Ton Duc Thang University0.1% of the top 10%
Inertial navigation
30–38tied, of 400.2 papers of credit
1stCN64.0%30–38LY0.1%30–38NZ0.1%30–38VN0.1%30–38KZ0.1%30–38MY0.1%
Outside the top 30
Duy Tan University0.1% of the top 10%
Cybersecurity
37–40tied, of 104
1stCN14.8%34–36ID0.4%37–40NO0.3%37–40VN0.3%37–40NL0.3%37–40DE0.3%
Outside the top 30
Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City0.1% of the top 10%
Distributed ledgers
37–40tied, of 103
1stCN20.6%33–36TH0.5%37–40IE0.4%37–40VN0.4%37–40SE0.4%37–40ZA0.4%
Outside the top 30
Duy Tan University0.1% of the top 10%
Hydrogen by electrolysis
36–40tied, of 832.9 papers of credit
1stCN53.0%36–40DZ0.2%36–40JO0.2%36–40NZ0.2%36–40VN0.2%36–40ZA0.2%
Outside the top 30
Duy Tan University0.1% of the top 10%
Synthetic biology
31–40tied, of 550.8 papers of credit
1stCN45.7%31–40GR0.2%31–40MY0.1%31–40BG0.1%31–40VN0.1%31–40NO0.1%
Outside the top 30
Trường ĐH Nguyễn Tất Thành0.1% of the top 10%
Advanced robotics
31–39tied, of 541.2 papers of credit
1stCN31.5%31–39CO0.2%31–39NZ0.2%31–39RO0.2%31–39VN0.2%40thSK0.1%
Outside the top 30
Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City0.1% of the top 10%
Quantum computing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Quantum communication
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Post-quantum cryptography
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Atomic clocks
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Small satellites
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Hypersonic flight
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Electric batteries
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Supercapacitors
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Perovskite solar cells
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Nuclear fusion
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Wide-bandgap semiconductors
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Additive manufacturing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Gene editing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
mRNA vaccines and therapeutics
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Quantum sensors
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
AI chips
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Advanced chip manufacturing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
High-performance computing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Space launch
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Satellite navigation
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Sonar and underwater acoustics
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Directed energy
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Electronic warfare
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Hyperspectral imaging
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Metamaterials
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Magnets and superconductors
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Nuclear fission power
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Genome sequencing
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
New antibiotics and antivirals
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Optical communication
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Hydrogen storage and ammonia fuel
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Advanced composites
Not ranked
No credit in the top 10%.
Neighbours are the countries ranked just above and below. Ranks are shown as a range where shares are equal to one decimal place. Source: OpenAlex, pulled 18 October 2026. Method